The hard-hitting, frequently polemical French hip-hop group Suprême NTM was formed in 1989 by Dee Nasty, Joey Starr, and Kool Shen with their DJ, Détonateur S. They debuted one year later with a track on the compilation Rapattitude and their first single, "Le Monde de Demain." Authentik, the Supreme NTM debut full-length, appeared in 1991, and the group made their American live debut later that year. The album was followed two years later by 1993... J'appuis Sur la Gâchette, which brought them to the attention of the French gendarmes with a song named "Police.